Control of message throughput rates

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Imported from previous forum

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Are there any mechanisms in FIX to control the rate at which messages can be entered?

Concretely, if one party (A) is entering quotes to a receiver (B), how can B set a limit on the number of quote (update) messages A can send per second, and how is A informed about the limit and any breaches of it?

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[ original email was from Byron Coetzee - byron@peresys.co.za ]
> Are there any mechanisms in FIX to control the rate at which messages can be entered?

Not that I know of…

> Concretely, if one party (A) is entering quotes to a receiver (B), how can B set a limit on the number of quote (update) messages A can send per second, and how is A informed about the limit and any breaches of it?
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You would have to control this at your application’s level,

or,

some of the fix engines have the ability to allow you to write small plug-ins which would do the job for you as the messages pass through.

Regards
Byron